September, 2005 archive

Luxonix has introduced Purity, a next generation digital musical instrument workstation and PCM sound module. Purity is designed to realize and surpass the hardware musical instrument workstation perfectly on computer-based music production environments offering higher sound quality and more usability.
Purity provides rich sound sources to create professional music of any kind and any purpose. Purity [...]

Griffin Technology is shipping the SmartDeck Intelligent Cassette Adapter for iPod. The SmartDeck lets users control their iPod using the built-in controls of their cassette player.
“SmartDeck is a major improvement over passive car cassette adapters,” said Paul Griffin, President of Griffin Technology. “Customers tell us that they want an iPod cassette adapter. So we designed [...]

Apple has announced that it will replace iPod nanos with defective screens, but does not plan to do anything about reports that nano screens scratch very easily.
“Any user with a defective screen should contact Apple … and we will replace it for free,” an spokesman said. “It’s not a design issue.”
“It is a real, but [...]

SupportPlus has introduced what they are calling the world’s smallest MP3 player. The Q-Be measures just 2.4 cubic centimetres square, and weighs 18 grams.
The new MP3 player is not only amazingly tiny, but, based on the photos at the Q-Be site, appears to have mesmerizing powers over supermodels.
The Q-Be (pronounced: Quubie) is about the size [...]

Syntheway has released Syntheway Strings v2.0, a updated version of their sample-based string VSTi for Windows.
Syntheway Strings has the ability to produce “beautiful and lyrical lines”, as well as powerful and forceful articulations. You’ll find string orchestra sustained, Espressivo, Staccato, Marcato, Crescendo, Decrescendo and more.

Roland Corporation is shipping the SP-404 sampler. The SP-404 is built on a foundation of more: more features, more voices, more pads, and more memory. The SP-404 surpasses its predecessor by offering battery-power compatibility, a CompactFlash slot, and a built-in microphone for quick, stress-free sampling sessions. Just turn it on, aim, and record — no [...]

PSPaudioware has released a new effect plug-in, PSP 608 MultiDelay, an 8-Tap Multimode Delay Processor plug-in in VST/DirectX/RTAS format for Windows; and AudioUnit/VST/RTAS/HTDM for Mac OSX.

Precisionsound has released Langegard Pump Organ.
The Langegard Pump Organ is a 5 octave Swedish pump organ chromatically sampled and recorded in stereo.
You get 2 different sounds and both notes, releases and noise (separate sound of the pumping and more.) samples for maximum realism.
The SampleSet contains 280 24bit (HALion Kontakt) 16bit (SoundFont) wav samples and 7 [...]

Gemini has introduced the PS-02USB 3-channel stereo mixer, which features two USB ports located on the mixer’s back panel.
With the added connectivity, DJs have the ability to mix in music directly from their PC while recording the overall mix directly to their PC. With full-duplex capability, the PS-02USB allows these operations to be performed simultaneously [...]

Applied Acoustics Systems has introduced the AAS Modeling Collection. The collection comprises the entire AAS line of products – Tassman 4, Lounge Lizard EP-2, Ultra Analog VA-1 and String Studio VS-1 – at the price of $499.
The AAS instruments are based on the most advanced physical modeling technology available today for unmatched sound quality, feel [...]